Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 8/29/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

Odds/Point Spread: Oakland (+195) Seattle (-238)

The Seattle Mariners (74-56) welcome the Oakland Athletics (38-93) at T-Mobile Park on Tuesday. The line on this contest has the Athletics at +195 and the Mariners are coming in at -238. The betting total comes in at 7.5. The starting pitchers are Ken Waldichuk and George Kirby.

As a squad, the Oakland Athletics are recording 3.6 runs per contest, which ranks them 30th in MLB. They are sitting with 476 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .301. The Athletics have hit 177 doubles as a squad and have knocked 134 balls out of the park. They have compiled 458 runs batted in as well as 958 base knocks on the season, while their team batting average is sitting at .223. Oakland has a slugging % of .365 and have been called out on strikes 1,203 times, while drawing a walk on 419 occasions.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.92 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.54. Athletics pitchers have yielded 180 long balls in addition to 778 total runs (30th in baseball). Oakland has allowed 1,216 base knocks (9.5 per 9 innings) as well as 733 earned runs. The Athletics have compiled a team ERA of 5.74 on the campaign (30th in MLB), and they have rung up 1,056 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 550 opposing batters and their FIP is 5.11 as a squad this year.

Athletics relief pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 158 times in addition to having 149 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen are sitting with 46 holds this season (29th in baseball). The Athletics relief pitchers have a save percentage of 47.8% and stepped onto the hill in 94 save situations. They have tallied 22 saves on the season and have not converted 24 out of their 46 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 247 base runners over the course of the season with 39.3% of those runners ended up scoring. The Athletics have dispatched 434 relievers to the mound so far this year.

The Athletics have turned 67.3% of balls hit into play into outs out of 10,338 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 29th in professional baseball. The Oakland Athletics have earned 3,446 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 1,037 assists and 81 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .982 which ranks 27th in baseball, and they have twisted 93 double plays.

Waldichuk has thrown 144 innings and has earned 144 K's so far in his MLB career. His ERA is 5.79 (93 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.562. He has surrendered 157 hits (9.8 hits per 9 innings) and has had 69 walks. Waldichuk (4-9 mark in his career) holds a FIP of 5.24 and he has gone up against 656 batters in the major leagues.

The Mariners hold a team SLG% of .418 and they score 4.82 runs per outing (9th in MLB). They have notched 234 doubles, while taking a walk 446 times and earning 627 runs. Seattle has compiled 170 home runs on the campaign to go along with 604 RBIs. They have struck out on 1,291 occasions (2nd in baseball) and have recorded 1,079 base knocks. The Seattle Mariners have accumulated an on-base percentage of .325 in addition to a team batting average of .245 on the year.

The Seattle pitching staff have surrendered 525 runs this season while having a team ERA of 3.67 (476 earned runs surrendered). They have surrendered 139 homers and they relinquish 4.05 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league). The Mariners are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.171 and have a FIP of 3.70 as a pitching staff on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 9.20 (1,188 strikeouts vs 324 bases on balls). They come in at 6th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,042.

With 144 save situations, the Mariners have accrued 84 holds in addition to 18 blown saves. Seattle has had relief pitchers enter the game in 57 save opportunities and they have tallied 39 saves. Their relievers have come in 146 times in high leverage situations in addition to 118 occasions with runners on base. Seattle bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 24.8% out of their 149 inherited runners. They rank 7th in baseball with a save percentage of 68.4%, and they have sent 440 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season.

The Seattle Mariners have turned 100 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .986 (10th in the majors). The Mariners have 1,102 assists, 63 errors and are sitting with 3,500 putouts on the season. Out of their 10,500 innings played, the Mariners are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 69.7% (8th in baseball).

Kirby (18-13 win-loss record in his career) has a 3.33 earned run average while giving up 8.9 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 7.64 and he has gone up against 1,160 batters during his career. He has given up 106 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.111 and having a FIP of 3.1. So far in his career, Kirby has allowed 282 hits while he has totaled 275 K's in 286 innings pitched.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Oakland (+195)

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